Travel Agent - June 23, 2008 - (Page 37) Your Vacation Begins the Moment You Board US 1.800.523.5585 | UK 0.208.570.7999 | www.AirJamaica.com discover, dream, ENJOY S ometimes referred to as “Little England,” Barbados retains many of the trappings of Britain — with a friendly yet formal Caribbean twist. Afternoon tea is served in formal and poolside settings. Cricket is the national sport. The Parliament Buildings in Bridgetown, the third oldest city in the Commonwealth, overlook a small statue of Lord Nelson just steps from the fishing boats and catamarans moored along the waterfront. And friendly pubs and the local equivalent, rum houses, are a great place to rub elbows with local residents. Less obvious remnants of Bajan (the popular term for Barbadian) heritage are also evident to those who look. Sudbury Plantation House, more than 300 years old and one of several grand plantation manors still standing on the island, is the place to learn about Barbados’ sugar plantation days. Small brightly-painted one-room buildings such as those at the Chattel House Shopping Village are examples of the “mobile homes” that plantation workers and freed slaves would cart as they moved from job to job. Summer visitors BARBADOS GEOGRAPHY: Barbados, the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands, features Atlantic surf on its east coast and Caribbean waters on its west coast. The landscape is terraced with gently rolling hills in the eastern areas that rise to a peak, Mount Hillaby, at 1,115 feet. LANGUAGE: English. POPULATION: 270,000 (approximately). CLIMATE: Stable year-round climate, 75ºF to 85ºF. Average relative humidity 57%-74%. Constant trade winds at 7-8 mph. TIME: EST+1 in the fall/winter; the same time as EST during the summer because of Daylight Saving Time. 37 http://www.AirJamaica.com
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